http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/thinking.htm http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
This is a really great site that has losts of user friendly games and tools for learning along with tools for help students create excellent presentations at school. I am yet to explore this whole site as it is so large and full of lots of great stuff which I am slowly learning to use in our subjects at school to engage students. Parents and high school sibblings would also benefit from looking at the resources on this site. http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/index.htm - Multiple Inteligence test. Have a go and take the test like the students in our class have and see what are your strengths and weakness. Very quick and easy to do. http://www.mensa.org/workout/quiz/1 - Give you brain a workout and try this website and it will give you an IQ score. Just a bit of fun and something to challenge you. There is also an app for a more comprehensive test if you have an ipod touch or iphone. I am using it at the moment. http://mensa-test.com/ - Another fun IQ based test that you can play with your whole family. Challenge your family and sharpen your brain at the same time.
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Maths
General Mathshttp://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/math6shell.html - Year 6 level Maths concepts to challenge yourself. Some activities and videos.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Math5.html - A good site pitched at year 5 students but has some valuable information and instruction if students need help with a concept. Better to go backwards and be sure students have understood than move forward without clarity and confidence.
http://www.aplusmath.com/games/index.html - Good concentration practice for number operations and geometry.
http://www.kids-puzzles.com/mathwork.html - Very good site to challenge all students quick recall of basic number facts.
http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart_Maths_s2_Number.html - Huge array of games and tasks for students to explore and extend their knowledge.
http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html - Very good general site to practice all concepts in maths. Games with amny different levels to suit all students needs.
Maths Dictionary
http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/dictionary.html - A maths dictionary to help students (and parents!) with any maths terms.
Fractions
http://www.aaamath.com/g42c-idequivdecifract.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm -Excellent website with great games that I use in class.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me3us/flash/lessonLauncher.html?lesson=lessons/10/m3_10_00_x.swf - Fun interactive beach fractions.
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/math5.html?goLesson=3 - Video with interactive tasks that we have done in class. Good for revision.
Decimals
http://www.linkslearning.org/Teachers/1_Math/6_Learning_Resources/2_SuperMath/content/games/Decimal_Detective.htm - Role play game involving decimals.
Times Tables
http://www.mathematics.com.au/play.html?game=Y84ND6HH478DHBYU - Good game to brush up on tables
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf - Hit the button is a fantastic game that can be manipulated to suit division and multiplication and number facts.
http://www.maths-games.org/times-table-shooter.html
http://www.sutton.lincs.sch.uk/pages/playground/zone/tablestests/penguin.html - Word problems involving timestables
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm - A number of timestables games from a great site. Explore this site as it is fantastic and I use it alot.
http://math.about.com/od/multiplication/a/Multiplication-Tricks.htm - Some tricks to remember tables.
http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/ - Interactive times tables puzzle
Division
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/division.htm - An array of great games that are very motivating.
Addition and Subtraction
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/EducationalGames.aspx?cat=1**7**
http://www.mangahigh.com/en_gb/games/iceicemaybe - An addition game to stretch your abilities involving stranded penguins.
Word Problems
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/wordproblems/index.html - Stacks of great word problems which is an area that students can fall down in and an area we have been working on.
http://www.mathplayground.com/wpdatabase/wpindex.html- Very good practice at applying different maths operations to word problems. Get your thinking caps on. You can enter answers online and it will give you an instant score.
Time
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time - A number of games that help with understanding time.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/EducationalGames.aspx?cat=22 - A number of great games to strengthen learning and make leraning time fun.
Money
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/EducationalGames.aspx?cat=20
English
Narrativeshttp://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/ - Practice writing your own story comic with some interesting characters. Lots of fun and good story practice.
http://myths.e2bn.org/index.php - Very good website that enables students to create a book.
http://www.channel4learning.com/sites/bookbox/home.htm - Great site that helps with story ideas and has some games to enforce story structure.
Expositions
http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=48220 - Has a huge number of sites dedicated to helping students and teachers with learning the ins and outs of how to write an exposition.
Spelling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/hardspell/starspell_game.shtml - Naplan Style spelling game from the UK. Very good.
All subjects resources
http://www.mrnussbaum.com/clarafraction.htmThinking Skills
http://www.kurwongbss.eq.edu.au/thinking/thinking.htmhttp://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
This is a really great site that has losts of user friendly games and tools for learning along with tools for help students create excellent presentations at school. I am yet to explore this whole site as it is so large and full of lots of great stuff which I am slowly learning to use in our subjects at school to engage students. Parents and high school sibblings would also benefit from looking at the resources on this site.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/ict/multiple_int/index.htm - Multiple Inteligence test. Have a go and take the test like the students in our class have and see what are your strengths and weakness. Very quick and easy to do.
http://www.mensa.org/workout/quiz/1 - Give you brain a workout and try this website and it will give you an IQ score. Just a bit of fun and something to challenge you. There is also an app for a more comprehensive test if you have an ipod touch or iphone. I am using it at the moment.
http://mensa-test.com/ - Another fun IQ based test that you can play with your whole family. Challenge your family and sharpen your brain at the same time.